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liumps if one hasn't got a tail?"
Then to his horror Jack could see some
thing very black and shiny round the
edge of the bed and pass gently to and
fro up in the air as though it was feeling
for him. It was the trunk of the elephant
whose leg he had broken, but swollen to
20 times its size. Presently it found him
and with a yank he was pulled out of
bed and deposited upon the table. It was
quite dark, and Jack was so frightened
that he was unable to scream but just
sat there held firmly in the elephant's
trunk.
Meanwhile he could hear the animals
in the ark all scurrying to and fro, and
the angry voice of Mrs. Noah as she
bustled about cleaning up her house.
Then suddenly there was an unearthly
rattle overhead, and all at once Santa
Claus came tumbling down the chimney,
lie had left his reindeer and his sled on
the top of the roof, but he had come
down in such haste that he still held the
whip. Over his shoulder was a great bag
chock full of toys.
"May it please Your Honor," began the
elephant, who seemed 'to be the police
man.
"I know, I know, dont interrupt me,"
said the little old gentleman in a squeaky
voice. In a trice he had filled Mary's
stocking full up to the top with all sorts
of toys and presents. Jack could see the
head of an enormous doll, with eyes that
opened and shut themselves, as well as a
ball and a box of candy. Somehow or
other he found that he could see right
through the box, and the candy was
fruits covered with sugar, the kind that
you are only allowed to eat of two at a
time. liut nothing went into Jack's
stocking.
Then the old gentleman became very
stern, and he sat down on the top of the
bedstead, balancing himself in such a
comical manner that Jack would have
laughed if he had not been so much
afraid.
"What is the charge against this bad
boy?'
"May it please Your Honor," began the
elephant, "he broke my leg."
The old gentleman looked exceedingly
angry.
"May it please Your Honor, he pulled
off my tail," continued the dromedary.
Santa Claus looked at Jack so severely
that the little chap knew some dreadful
punishment would happen to him.
"May it please Your Honor, he pulled
oft my wings," said the fly.
At this Santa Claus shook so much
with indignation that he nearly over
balanced altogether.
"May it please Your Honor, he cut a
hole in my chest," said the doll, "and
let out my sawdust."
Santa Claus sprang to his feet and
shook his whip fiercely in the face of
Jack, who, overwhelmed with terror, had
now no word to say. Bitterly did he re
gret his misbehavior of the past few
months.
Suddenly the face of Mrs. Noah ap
peared. "And may it please Your Honor,"
she exclaimed, "he has sucked the paint
off my nose."
At these dreadful words the old gen
tleman could no longer contain his anger.
Snatching up the unhappy lad, he bumped
him down with great force into a little
empty box which stood upon the table.
So forcibly did he bump him down that
he thrust Jack right into the box, and he
was held so tightly that when he tried to
extricate himself all he could do was to
wiggle his head.
"And now that you have been pun
ished," said Santa Claus, "reply to the
accusations of the prosecutors and say
whether you are innocent or guilty."
"Guilty," sobbed Jack. "Oh, let me
out, let me out ; I am a regular Jack-in-the-Box!"
"There you shall stay," said Santa
Claus, "as a punishment for your sins.
You shall be a Jack-in-the-Box, indeed."
With these words he put on the lid, and
this, children, is the legend of Jack-in-the
Box.
letter JBnig-iua.
The letters which spell the name of a
once great personage appear in their order
at the beginning of the first or second
words helping to form the following well
known old sayings :
What's in a name ?
All's well that ends well.
A setting hen never grows fat.
Aim high and you'll never fall low.
Virtue is its own reward.
We never miss the water till the well
runs dry.
Return good for evil.
Where there's a will there's a way.
One swallow does not make a summer.
New wine should not be put into old
bottles.
Tim's Wish.
'I want a great, big stocking!"
Cried little Tim O'Finn;
"So that Santa Claus can get
A lot of toys in.
"I want the foot to measure
About a yard, you see;
And I want the leg so long
'Twould reach a giant's knee.
'And from the toe clean to the top
I want it full of toys,
Of every kind that Santa has
To give to little boys.
"I want a pony and a cart,
A sled, some skates, a bat;
A new baseball, a football, too,
A bran' new suit and hat.
"I want an engine-wagon,
A gun that shoots a ball;
Some picture books with stories,
And mercy! I want all
"The things that can be stuffed in
That stocking long and big;
But, say I wonder if old Sant
Will think I am a pig?"
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"I WANT A GREAT BIG STOCKING.'
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